Closing the Educational Achievement Gap between Blacks and Whites: Nobody Wants to Be Black

Autor/inn/en	Scott, Austin L.; Kronick, Robert
Titel	Closing the Educational Achievement Gap between Blacks and Whites: Nobody Wants to Be Black
Quelle	(2006), (42 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Achievement Gap; Whites; African American Students; Undergraduate Study; Context Effect; High School Graduates; Family Structure; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; Mass Media Effects; Education Work Relationship; Educational Opportunities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? White; Weißer; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Grundstudium; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Elternmitwirkung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance
Abstract	This research study attempts to explain the educational achievement gap between blacks and whites, the factors that cause the achievement gap, the consequences of the achievement gap for the black race, and possible solutions to the achievement gap. The data collected for this study has shown that the educational achievement gap between blacks and whites on the collegiate level is influenced by high school completion with a diploma, family structure, and parental involvement; and that dire consequences can possibly be the result for the individual who does not possess a college degree. The data also has shown that external influences such as the media and music industry have made an appreciable impact on the educational achievement gap between blacks and whites. The influence they have is exerted in being a malefactor of education and a promoter of alternative methods of acquiring income by associating African-Americans with gangs, drug-dealing, poverty, and success in sports. They accomplish this through their depictions of blacks on cable television shows, commercials, and music videos. (Contains 7 figures.) [This research was presented at: the State of the Black Union: Black Issues Conference (Knoxville, TN, February 10, 2007); Annual Ronald McNair Summer Research Conference (14th, State College, PA, July 28-30, 2006); and Annual Southeastern Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (SAEOPP) National Scholars Research Conference (12th, July 7-9, 2006).] (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10